Bolt cloth winding device



Aug. 23, 1955 M. L. MAITLAND BOLT CLOTH WINDING DEVICE 4 Sheets-Sheet 1.

Filed Feb. 9, 1955 MALCOLM L. MAITLAND INVENTOR Aug. 23, 1955 M. L. MAlTLAND BOLT CLOTH WINDING DEVICE Filed Feb. 9, 1953 4 Sheets--Sheet 2 MALCOLM L. MAITLAND INVENTOR Aug. 23, 1955 M. MAITLAND 2,716,006

BOLT CLOTH WINDING DEVICE Filed Feb. 9, 1953 4 Sheets--Sheet 5 9| MALCOLM L. MAITLAND lNVENIOR Aug. 23, 1955 M. 1.. MAITLAND BOLT CLOTH WINDING DEVICE 4 SheetsSheet 4 Filed Feb.. 9, 1953 INVENTOR E w A a. W w

United States Patent BOLT CLOTH WINDING DEVICE Malcolm L. Maitland, Seattle, Wash.

Application February 9, 1953, Serial No. 335,663

8 Claims. (Cl. 242-62) This present invention consists of a pivoted framework upon which are disposed means for revolvably supporting a bolt of cloth and a new core so that the cloth may be wound off the bolt onto the new core or it may be rewound back on the original core supplied with the bolt. Intermediate the two cores or mandrels when used is a counting roll which is turned by the cloth and which registers on a counter thus recording the yardage of the goods. In order to insure accurate measurements, tensioning means is provided to support the cloth snugly against the counter roll. This consists of a plurality of longitudinally disposed rods which are secured to the framework in spaced vertical relationship. In order to insure the workability of this equipment under the widely varying conditions encountered in yardage goods, different forms of mandrels are employed which have proven satisfactory in this service.

The handling of yardage goods by sales people has never posed a very serious problem as the yardage being cut off from the bolt is usually relatively short and any of the existing forms of measuring devices serves the purpose very well in that the material can be pulled through the same and an accurate recording made. Such equipment, however, is of very little value when inventories are being taken, for instance, when it is necessary to measure the total length of a bolt of goods. The money values involved are usually such that no form of estimation of the amount of materials is sufficiently accurate and some improved means of handling is definitely indicated. it is also desirable that the merchant have a running inventory so that he has a control that will assist him in placing additional orders so that his stocks may be uniformly adequate to meet the expected sales demands. It is under these conditions, where the usual measuring means are ineffectual, and the need for an accurate yardage meter that can handle the material quickly and easily and with certainty as to the yardage, is very desirable. It is believed that this present invention fully meets this need as it is constructed and equipped with adequate mandrels so that the full range of yardage materials can be handled practically.

The principal object of this present invention therefore is to provide a yardage meter for bolt cloth goods by which a single operator can conveniently, quickly, and accurately measure the yardage in a bolt of cloth and then restore it to the original core.

A further object of this invention is to provide a yardage meter and associated equipment which can be stored compactly and very quickly put into use when desired.

A further object of this invention is to provide a yardage meter in which yardage goods of varying widths can be expeditiously measured.

A further object of this invention is to provide for the making use of, and the supplying of, mandrels of various forms so that a single unit may take care of the normal demands from any one yardage goods shop.

Further objects, advantages and capabilities will be apparent from the description and disclosure in the drawltl 2,716,006 Patented Aug. 23, 1955 ings, or may be comprehended or are inherent in the device.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an end view of a preferred form of this invention, the same being provided with its meter frame disposed at an angle to show the ease with which the unit may be stored in the minimum of space;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a clamp arrangement for securing the meter frame in the horizontal position of use;

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the meter frame as removed from its supporting standards;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the drive end of a mandrel arrangement employed with round rolls of goods having tubular cores;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the mandrel end support which is secured in the meter frame and which is used in conjunction with the drive element of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view, partly in section, illustrating the position of the bolt mandrels, the counteractuating rollers and the plurality of rollers or rods which provide a suitable tensioning means for the goods being measured;

Figure 7 is a perspective view illustrating one form of bolt of cloth and illustrating the preferred form of mandrel in association therewith;

Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the mandrel employed in Figure 7;

Figure 9 is a perspective view showing a driving mandrel for use with the fiat bolts of cloth and illustrating the form employed of the power input end;

Figure 10 is an exploded, bracketed, perspective view illustrating the left end of Figure 9 in enlarged detail;

Figure 11 is a perspective view illustrating, on enlarged scale and partly in section, the righthand end of the mandrel shown in Figure 9;

Figures 12 and 13 show respectively the left and righthand end portions of the mandrel illustrated in Figure 8. These views are shown partly in section.

Referring more particularly to the disclosure in the drawings, the numeral 15 designates generally one of the supporting standards for this device. These standards are supplied in cooperative pairs and are each provided with the top tie bar 16 and the bottom tie bar 17. Not shown in Figure 1, are longitudinal tie bars which tie together the two cooperating supporting standards. These longitudinal members join at approximately the juncture between the bottom tie bar 17 and the legs 18. These standards are provided with at least two casters 20 and provide the trunnion bearings 22 formed as part of the top tie bars 16. 7

Referring to Figures 1 and 3 where are shown an end elevation and a perspective view respectively of the meter frame, the meter frame has parallel-spaced, telescopic longitudinal frame members 24 and 26. These members have at their mean centers, longitudinally of the frame, and secured to the outer of the two telescopic tubes forming the side frame members, the trunnions 28. These trunnions are adapted to be engaged in the trunnion bearings 22 of the support standards and thus provide a pivotable supporting means for the frame. When it is desired to lock the frame in a horizontal relationship with respect to the supporting standards 15, a convenient mechanism as illustrated in Figure 2 may be employed, preferably in pairs, in which latch members 36 are pivoted at 31 and engage one or both of the longitudinal frame members 24 and 26. Locking is achieved by lock bolts 32 which engage in the openings 33. When the device is locked a convenient operating lever 34 is provided for operating the lock pin.

Completing the meter frame are the two opposite end found to be very eflicient.

bar arrangements. At each end there is a straight frame member 36 and 37 serving to couple the side frame members 24 and 26 together. Disposed above rods 36 are the curved rods 38. These rods are spaced from rods 36 and 37 in a truss arrangement and serve to support the various attachments to the meter frame. These attachments consist of the rest members, as 40, which have spindle-receiving rest portions 41. On the opposite .side of the frame there is the crank support member 43 and the spindle or arbor support member 44. Member 43 may be additionally supported by rod 38 by being welded or otherwise secured thereto. Rods 36, 37 and 38 additionally' support the anchor members 46 to which in turn are supported the various longitudinally disposed telescopic rods employed in this device. Bracket 44 supports 'one end of the arbor'or roll centering device which is 26 also slidably engages rod 54 and is provided with a locking screw as 58. This arrangement provides a lock for the overall length of the meter frame and is normally adjusted so that the bolt of material being worked will properly fit between the bearing or centering devices used on brackets 43 and 44. e

The spindle or arbor positioning arrangement used in handling rolled materials havinga tubular core, is shown in Figures 4 and 5. On the driving head, a hub portion 48 is formed as part of bracket 43 and journaled within it is the bearing member 60. This bearing member is free to rotate within hub 48 and is provided with suitable thrust washers at the ends of hub 48, as indicated in Figure 4. Handle 50 is suitably keyed to bearing and to guard against longitudinal displacement of the handle a suitable set of screws is'employed as shown. Coaxially V disposed with respect to bearing 60 is the compression rod or bolt 62. This bolt, with its wing-nut, placing pressure by means of Washer 63 upon the distortable bushing 64, is' capable of distorting the same to the general form shown in dotted lines in Figure4. This serves as adequate driving engagement for-the usual tubular'spindle upon which-rolled dry goods'is handled. Adapted to engage the opposite end of the roll and to be supported by bracket 44 is the arrangement shown in Figure 5. This consists of a conical member 66 which is held in functional engagement with the antifrictional bearings 67 by means of the through bolt 68. With this form of arbor arrangement it is normal to use a piece of tubing, or even a broomstick, within the rest portions 41 to support the roll that is being unwound.

In order to handle the quite common fiat bolts of yardage, the mandrels shown in Figures 8 and 9 have been The details of structure are shown'in Figures 10, 11, 12 and 13. In the form shown in Figure 8 it will be noted that two end or abutment members as 70 and 71 are provided. These somewhat morethan cover the usual winding board as 73 upon 'which the dress goods is usually shipped and handled.

Triangular portions 74 and 75 are employed respectively on 70 and 71. These members in turn are provided with blocks 76 which in turn are adapted to slidably engage grooves 78 top and bottom in the long bars 80. Suitable 'locking means are provided as the screw 82 and the the bolt of dry goods it is necessary that, particularly in the flat form of bolt, drive means be provided well out from the center and also it is necessary to support the same so as to prevent the bolt from dropping downwardly as its fiat plane becomes vertical. Both these purposes are achieved by providing two spaced driving bars as 90 and 91. These bars are pivotably secured to stab shafts which in turn are secured to the hub member 92. Hub member 92 has a turned-down portion 93 which is adapted to engage the counterbored portion 94 of the outer rest member illustrated in Figure 5. A ball detent. is .positioned to suitably engage an annular groove within counter-bore 94. The mechanism for the driving end of 62 of Figure 4, serves to tie housing 98 to hearing member 60 together in a manner permitting crank 50 to drive the same.

Method of operation In using this yardage meter, it is normally best to revolvethe meter frame about the tnmnions 28 until it is in the horizontal position and to secure the same in place by means of the locking hook members 30. The

bolt of cloth to be measured is supported by the U-' shaped rest members 41. Assuming that a fiat bolt is to be. measured, as the situation indicated in Figures 6 and 7, in this form the mandrel bar is passed through the bolt along side the winding board 73. Then at each end the wedge members 74 and 75.are inserted and finally locked in place after the showing of Figure 7. The mandrel is then put in place so the journals 86 and 88 are in rest members 41. The free end of the cloth is passed between the rollers as indicated in Figure 6. Normally for this purpose telescopic rods or tubes as 101 and 102 may be employed in pairs. This tensioning group produces a certain resistance and makes it possibleto wind up a bolt of yardagesmo'o'th 1y on the driving arbor. It also provides rotation for roller 104 which is suitably connected to a conventional counter 100, on whose windowed face 106 appears the yardage count. It is to be noted on the righthand side of Figure 6 that the driving arbor is that shown in Fig ure 9 and which employs the driving and spacing mem v bers and 91; As soon as the yardage goods is en tirely unwound from the lefthand side of Figure 6, then by pressing inwardlyon members 96 of the arbor, of the type shown inFigure 9, rods 90' and 91 are relieved from engagement with housing 98 and can then be ings that the invention comprehends a novel construction of a bolt cloth yardage meter.

Having'thus disclosed the invention, I claim:

1. A winding device. for bolt cloth, comprising: ,a horizontal rack having a series of telescopic rods forming the longitudinal members of 'said rack whereby the rack may be shortened and lengthened according to the width of the cloth to be .wound, some of said rods forming guides and tensioning means for the cloth; means for rotatably supporting 'a bolt to .be wound at one side of said rack; a fixed arbor in one corner bordering the other side of the rack, said fixed arbor having a rotatable chuck and a hand crank for rotating I the same; an arbor, movable along said other side of said rack mounted on a base,said base being adjust ably positioned on a portion of a first of said telescopic rods which is movable in relation to said fixed arbor,

a portion of said first telescopic rod which is fixed in relation to said fixed arbor having a lateral arm and a rod supported by said lateral arm and running parallel to said first rod through said base forming additional support therefor, said movable arbor having a rotatable spindle to cooperate with said chuck to hold the roll on which said cloth is rewound.

2. The subject matter of claim 1 in which said rotatable chuck includes a resilient annular chuck member insertable in the end of a roll upon which cloth is to be rewound and a bolt running axially through said resilient annular member which may be tightened to expand said resilient member in its minor axis thereby to grip the inside of such roll and in which said rotatable spindle has a conical end insertable in the other end of such roll.

3. A winding device for bolt cloth, comprising: a horizontal rack of generally rectangular shape having a series of telescopic rods forming the longitudinal members of said rack whereby the rack may be shortened and lengthened according to the width of the cloth to be wound, the ends of said longitudinal members being secured together by transverse members which move toward and away from each other as said longitudinal members are adjusted in length some of said rods forming guides and tensioning means for the cloth; said rack having in two corners bordering one side two spindle-receiving rests and a spindle in said rests for supporting a roll of cloth to be wound; a fixed arbor in one corner bordering the other side of the rack and a second arbor movable toward and away from said fixed arbor along said other side of the rack according to the width of the cloth and means to secure said second arbor in adjusted position, said fixed arbor having a rotatable chuck and a hand crank for rotating the same and said movable arbor having a rotatable spindle to cooperate with said chuck to hold the roll on which said cloth is rewound.

4. A winding device for bolt cloth, comprising: a supporting framework and a horizontal rack having longitudinal and transverse end members secured together supported as a unit by said framework, said rack being generally rectangular and having a series of telescopic rods forming the longitudinal members of said rack whereby the rack may be shortened and lengthened and the transverse end members moved toward and away from each other according to the width of the cloth to be wound, some of said rods forming guides and tensioning means for the cloth; said rack having in two corners bordering one side two spindle-receiving rests and a spindle in said rests for supporting a roll of cloth to be wound; and manually operable winding means at the other side of the rack for rewinding the cloth from such bolt, said winding means being adjustable according to the width of the cloth.

5. A winding device for bolt cloth, comprising: a supporting framework having a pair of aligned trunnion hearings on opposite sides; a rack having a pair of aligned trunnions on opposite sides positioned in said trunnion bearings and said framework supporting said rack to pivot to a position substantially upright to minimize storage space when not in use and means for locking said rack in a horizontal position, said rack being generally rectangular and having a series of telescopic rods forming the longitudinal members of said rack whereby the rack may be shortened and lengthened according to the width of the cloth to be wound, some of said rods forming guides and tensioning means for the cloth; means for rotatably supporting a bolt to be wound at one side of said rack; and manually operable means at the other side of the rack for rewinding the cloth from such bolt.

6. A winding device for bolt cloth, comprising: a horizontal rack of generally rectangular shape having a series of rods forming longitudinal members of said rack, some of said rods forming guides and tensioning means for the cloth and one of said rods being rotatable; a first mandrel on one side of said rack to support a bolt of cloth to be wound having a longitudinal bar with longitudinal grooves in its edges, a pair of triangular shaped abutment members disposed on opposite end portions of said bar and slidable thereon by means including a pair of lugs engaged in said grooves and means for securing said abutment members in place, the ends of said first mandrel forming spindles and said rack having a pair of spindle-receiving rests rotatably sup porting said spindles; a second mandrel on the other side of said rack to support a winding board and the cloth which is rewound on said second mandrel, said second mandrel having a pair of parallel bars connected together at one end by a lateral member and having a removable latching member tying together the other ends of said parallel bars, said rack having means supporting said second mandrel by said latching member and said lateral member for rotation and said rack having a hand crank connected to said second mandrel for rotating the same.

7. A mandrel for bolt cloth, comprising: a pair of parallel bars and a lateral tieing member connected to corresponding ends of said bars so as to permit pivoting of the bars toward and away from each other, said lateral tieing member including a spindle means for supporting that end of the bars for rotation, a latching member having lateral grooves in its ends in which the other ends of said bars are positioned, a pair of L-shaped latches positioned in said latching member with one clamping arm of each extending over one of said grooves and spring means biasing said latches to press said clamping arms against said bars positioned in said grooves, the other arms of said latches extending outward from said latching member side by side whereby said bars may be released from said latching member by the pressing of said other arms of said latches together against the resistance of said spring means, said latching member including spindle means for supporting that end of the bars for rotation.

8. A mandrel for bolt cloth, comprising: a longitudinal bar of rectangular cross-section with longitudinal grooves in its edges, a pair of abutment members slidably disposed on opposite end portions of said bar, each abutment member having a triangular plate extending inwardly therefrom toward the other abutment member alongside said bar abutting a face thereof and each triangular plate having a pair of lugs secured on one face thereof engaged in said grooves and slidable therein, one end portion of said bar having a series of openings therein spaced along its axis and the abutment member on that end portion having a manually operable spring pressed detent positioned selectively in said openings for varying the effective length of said mandrel and the abutment member on the other end having thumbscrew securing means with said bar.

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